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New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesMicaela Sahhar, "Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family" (Newsouth, 2025)"If we were different people, to write down these words might be to leave them behind us. But words are our artifacts, and I am seeding a trail for the journey, home."
What does the daughter of a Nakba survivor inherit? It is not property or tangible heirlooms, nor the streets and neighbourhoods of a father’s childhood and the deep roots of family who have lived in one place, Jerusalem, for generation upon generation.
Fixing her gaze on moments, places and objects – from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the New Jeru...
2025-08-271h 02
New Books in Biography & MemoirMicaela Sahhar, "Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family" (Newsouth, 2025)"If we were different people, to write down these words might be to leave them behind us. But words are our artifacts, and I am seeding a trail for the journey, home."
What does the daughter of a Nakba survivor inherit? It is not property or tangible heirlooms, nor the streets and neighbourhoods of a father’s childhood and the deep roots of family who have lived in one place, Jerusalem, for generation upon generation.
Fixing her gaze on moments, places and objects – from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the New Jeru...
2025-08-271h 02
New Books in Pacific StudiesMavis Kerinaiua and Laura Rademaker, "Tiwi Story: Turning History Downside Up" (NewSouth, 2023)The Tiwi people have more than their fair share of stories that turn ideas of Australian history upside down.The Tiwi claim the honour of defeating a global superpower.When the world’s most powerful navy invaded and attempted to settle the Tiwi Islands in 1824, Tiwi warriors fought the British and won. The Tiwi remember the fight, and oral histories reveal their tactical brilliance.Later, in 1911, Catholic priest Francis Xavier Gsell decided to ‘purchase’ Tiwi women and ‘free’ them from traditional marriage, so girls would grow up into devoted Catholics.But Tiwi women...
2024-08-1845 min
New Books in East Asian StudiesJohn Fitzgerald, "Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party" (NewSouth Books, 2022)Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago there is much the country has achieved. But who does the heavy lifting in China? And who walks away with the spoils? Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party (NewSouth Books, 2022) places the spotlight on the nation’s 40 million cadres—the managers and government officials employed by the ruling Communist Party to protect its great enterprise – to show how the Communist Party operates in China and how the stories the party tells about itself are based on thin foundations.The book pays par...
2022-07-2053 min
New Books in Chinese StudiesJohn Fitzgerald, "Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party" (NewSouth Books, 2022)Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago there is much the country has achieved. But who does the heavy lifting in China? And who walks away with the spoils? Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party (NewSouth Books, 2022) places the spotlight on the nation’s 40 million cadres—the managers and government officials employed by the ruling Communist Party to protect its great enterprise – to show how the Communist Party operates in China and how the stories the party tells about itself are based on thin foundations.The book pays par...
2022-07-2052 min
Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastJohn Fitzgerald, "Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party" (NewSouth Books, 2022)Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago there is much the country has achieved. But who does the heavy lifting in China? And who walks away with the spoils? Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party (NewSouth Books, 2022) places the spotlight on the nation’s 40 million cadres—the managers and government officials employed by the ruling Communist Party to protect its great enterprise – to show how the Communist Party operates in China and how the stories the party tells about itself are based on thin foundations.The book pays par...
2022-07-2053 min
New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesEda Gunaydin, "Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance" (NewSouth, 2022)Eda Gunaydin joins us today to talk about Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance (NewSouth, 2022). Lots of themes: Turkey, Australia, Sydney, family, friends, media, food, essays.That there is no easy translation for ‘awkward’ in other languages suggests that I’m only myself in English. This feels like a loss, because I’d like to think of myself as Turkish, too.There is a Turkish saying that one’s home is not where one is born, but where one grows full – dogdugun yer degil, doydugun yer. Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydin’s bold and innovative wri...
2022-07-0847 min
New Books in LiteratureEda Gunaydin, "Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance" (NewSouth, 2022)Eda Gunaydin joins us today to talk about Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance (NewSouth, 2022). Lots of themes: Turkey, Australia, Sydney, family, friends, media, food, essays.That there is no easy translation for ‘awkward’ in other languages suggests that I’m only myself in English. This feels like a loss, because I’d like to think of myself as Turkish, too.There is a Turkish saying that one’s home is not where one is born, but where one grows full – dogdugun yer degil, doydugun yer. Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydin’s bold and innovative wri...
2022-07-0848 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastEda Gunaydin, "Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance" (NewSouth, 2022)Eda Gunaydin joins us today to talk about Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance (NewSouth, 2022). Lots of themes: Turkey, Australia, Sydney, family, friends, media, food, essays.That there is no easy translation for ‘awkward’ in other languages suggests that I’m only myself in English. This feels like a loss, because I’d like to think of myself as Turkish, too.There is a Turkish saying that one’s home is not where one is born, but where one grows full – dogdugun yer degil, doydugun yer. Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydin’s bold and innovative wri...
2022-07-0848 min
Ranters Nation NetworkEpisode 138: WCW Nitro 12/15/97With only a few more weeks left to Starrcade the stars of WCW show off what they're going to bring to the PPV. Justin and RJ Rant about so much this week it should be illegal. They also add two more themes to the Wrestling with Music rankings as well as welcoming Eric Brown from Doing the Favor Podcast as this weeks ranter of the week
Tomorrow night at the Dump Sanders holiday special the ringside rant is the official sponsor of the main event between the recently crowned ROH heavyweight champion Jonathan Gresham and the New South PW Champion Ad...
2021-12-171h 17
The Bald Monkeys NetworkCaptain‘s Quarters - Brandon WilliamsThis episode of Captain's Quarters sits down with The Locksmith Brandon Williams. We talk about everything from Star Wars, Gremlins, WCW, and much much more! Brandon is a wrestler and the co-owner of NewSouth Wrestling. The chat had a blast and you can too! Join us for all our episodes!
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2021-11-242h 09
New Books in TechnologyAndrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, "Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath" (NewSouth, 2021)Matthew Ricketson joins to discuss how newsrooms, the engine rooms of reporting, have shrunk. A generation of journalists has borne witness to seismic changes in the media and this book shares their stories as essays and narrative interviews. Names include from more than 50 Australian journalists – including Amanda Meade, David Marr and Flip Prior – Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath (NewSouth, 2021) reveals the highs and the lows of those who were there to see it all.Matthew takes us inside frenetic and vibrant newsrooms at the peak of their influence, and the difficulties of adapting t...
2021-10-191h 03New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesAndrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, "Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath" (NewSouth, 2021)Matthew Ricketson joins to discuss how newsrooms, the engine rooms of reporting, have shrunk. A generation of journalists has borne witness to seismic changes in the media and this book shares their stories as essays and narrative interviews. Names include from more than 50 Australian journalists – including Amanda Meade, David Marr and Flip Prior – Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath (NewSouth, 2021) reveals the highs and the lows of those who were there to see it all.Matthew takes us inside frenetic and vibrant newsrooms at the peak of their influence, and the difficulties of adapting t...
2021-10-191h 01
New Books in JournalismAndrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, "Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath" (NewSouth, 2021)Matthew Ricketson joins to discuss how newsrooms, the engine rooms of reporting, have shrunk. A generation of journalists has borne witness to seismic changes in the media and this book shares their stories as essays and narrative interviews. Names include from more than 50 Australian journalists – including Amanda Meade, David Marr and Flip Prior – Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath (NewSouth, 2021) reveals the highs and the lows of those who were there to see it all.Matthew takes us inside frenetic and vibrant newsrooms at the peak of their influence, and the difficulties of adapting t...
2021-10-191h 01Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastAndrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, "Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath" (NewSouth, 2021)Matthew Ricketson joins to discuss how newsrooms, the engine rooms of reporting, have shrunk. A generation of journalists has borne witness to seismic changes in the media and this book shares their stories as essays and narrative interviews. Names include from more than 50 Australian journalists – including Amanda Meade, David Marr and Flip Prior – Upheaval: The Great Digital Disruption in Journalism and Its Aftermath (NewSouth, 2021) reveals the highs and the lows of those who were there to see it all.Matthew takes us inside frenetic and vibrant newsrooms at the peak of their influence, and the difficulties of adapting t...
2021-10-191h 03
Made In MississippiNewSouth NeuroSpine in the SouthNewSouth NeuroSpine is a state of the spine care devoted to care of the spine. One of John Davis' best advice is to pick the right people first, and then build your business around the skill set and people. There is no greater trainer than complications. For entrepreneurs, it is important to do what you do well, and make sure it doesn't stay hidden. Use your skills to keep people and bring people to Mississippi. You can learn more about their business at www.ns2.md
2021-09-2834 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastHenry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements, "Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero" (NewSouth, 2021)Nicholas, today's guest, explains Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, he and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 – or 4 per cent – of the invaders of their country. Tongerlongeter’s brilliant campaign inspired terror throughout the colony, forcing Governor George Arthur to launch a massive military operation in 1830 – the infamous Black Line. Tongerlongeter escaped but the cumulative losses had taken their toll. On New Year’s Eve 1831, having lost his arm, his country...
2021-09-061h 01New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesHenry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements, "Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero" (NewSouth, 2021)Nicholas, today's guest, explains Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, he and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 – or 4 per cent – of the invaders of their country. Tongerlongeter’s brilliant campaign inspired terror throughout the colony, forcing Governor George Arthur to launch a massive military operation in 1830 – the infamous Black Line. Tongerlongeter escaped but the cumulative losses had taken their toll. On New Year’s Eve 1831, having lost his arm, his country...
2021-09-0659 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastErin Stewart, "The Missing Among Us: Stories of Missing Persons and Those Left Behind" (NewSouth, 2020)'To be missing, you must be missed'. Erin Stewart's 2021 book examines missing for just about every point of view. In Australia 38,000 people are reported missing each year and in the US it's over 600,000. In the UK someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Many of these cases are never resolved.Blending long-form journalism with true crime and philosophy, The Missing Among Us: Stories of Missing Persons and Those Left Behind (NewSouth, 2020) takes us from the Australian bush to the battlefields of Northern France and the perilous space of a refugee camp to explore the stories of the m...
2021-05-1955 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesErin Stewart, "The Missing Among Us: Stories of Missing Persons and Those Left Behind" (NewSouth, 2020)'To be missing, you must be missed'. Erin Stewart's 2021 book examines missing for just about every point of view. In Australia 38,000 people are reported missing each year and in the US it's over 600,000. In the UK someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Many of these cases are never resolved.Blending long-form journalism with true crime and philosophy, The Missing Among Us: Stories of Missing Persons and Those Left Behind (NewSouth, 2020) takes us from the Australian bush to the battlefields of Northern France and the perilous space of a refugee camp to explore the stories of the m...
2021-05-1954 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesHenry Reynolds, "Truth Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement" (NewSouth, 2021)What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that 'peaceful settlement' was a fiction? If the 1901 parliament did not have control of the whole continent, particularly the North, by what right could the new nation claim it?The historical record shows that the argument of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is stronger than many people imagine and the centuries-long legal...
2021-04-301h 03New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesKama Maclean, "British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947" (NewSouth, 2020)Commonwealth, curry and cricket: now that explains India and Australia! Not really, and not according to today's guest. Kama Maclean discusses her book British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947 (NewSouth, 2020). In contemporary bilateral relations, great emphasis has been placed on India and Australia’s historical connection with the Commonwealth. The stress laid on a shared past is deeply misleading, however, for each colony was tied to Britain in the early twentieth century under very different conditions. Both, it is true, strained against the imperial embrace, but the respective forms of colonisation, collabo...
2021-04-021h 04
New Books in South Asian StudiesKama Maclean, "British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947" (NewSouth, 2020)Commonwealth, curry and cricket: now that explains India and Australia! Not really, and not according to today's guest. Kama Maclean discusses her book British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947 (NewSouth, 2020). In contemporary bilateral relations, great emphasis has been placed on India and Australia’s historical connection with the Commonwealth. The stress laid on a shared past is deeply misleading, however, for each colony was tied to Britain in the early twentieth century under very different conditions. Both, it is true, strained against the imperial embrace, but the respective forms of colonisation, collabo...
2021-04-021h 05Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastKama Maclean, "British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947" (NewSouth, 2020)Commonwealth, curry and cricket: now that explains India and Australia! Not really, and not according to today's guest. Kama Maclean discusses her book British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947 (NewSouth, 2020). In contemporary bilateral relations, great emphasis has been placed on India and Australia’s historical connection with the Commonwealth. The stress laid on a shared past is deeply misleading, however, for each colony was tied to Britain in the early twentieth century under very different conditions. Both, it is true, strained against the imperial embrace, but the respective forms of colonisation, collabo...
2021-04-021h 05Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastSam van Zweden, "Eating with My Mouth Open" (NewSouth, 2021)Wow! Food, family, memory, insight, body, mind - worth the effort this one.Eating with My Mouth Open (NewSouth, 2021) is food writing like you’ve never seen before: honest, brave, and exceptionally tasty. Lyrically written, Sam van Zweden offers a millennial response to classic food writers, revelling in body positivity on Instagram, remembering how Tupperware piled high with sweets can be a symptom of spiralling mental health, dissecting wellness culture and all its flaws, sharing the joys of living in a family of chefs and seeing a history of migration on her dinner plate.Recalling the...
2021-02-261h 00
New Books in FoodSam van Zweden, "Eating with My Mouth Open" (NewSouth, 2021)Wow! Food, family, memory, insight, body, mind - worth the effort this one.Eating with My Mouth Open (NewSouth, 2021) is food writing like you’ve never seen before: honest, brave, and exceptionally tasty. Lyrically written, Sam van Zweden offers a millennial response to classic food writers, revelling in body positivity on Instagram, remembering how Tupperware piled high with sweets can be a symptom of spiralling mental health, dissecting wellness culture and all its flaws, sharing the joys of living in a family of chefs and seeing a history of migration on her dinner plate.Recalling the...
2021-02-2657 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesSam van Zweden, "Eating with My Mouth Open" (NewSouth, 2021)Wow! Food, family, memory, insight, body, mind - worth the effort this one.Eating with My Mouth Open (NewSouth, 2021) is food writing like you’ve never seen before: honest, brave, and exceptionally tasty. Lyrically written, Sam van Zweden offers a millennial response to classic food writers, revelling in body positivity on Instagram, remembering how Tupperware piled high with sweets can be a symptom of spiralling mental health, dissecting wellness culture and all its flaws, sharing the joys of living in a family of chefs and seeing a history of migration on her dinner plate.Recalling the...
2021-02-261h 00
The Kill Your Darlings PodcastSam van Zweden on ‘Eating With My Mouth Open’: First Book Club"I started to interrogate my own relationship with food and realise that it wasn't so simple."
Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club. For February that debut is Eating With My Mouth Open by Sam van Zweden, out now from NewSouth Books.
Eating With My Mouth Open is a personal and cultural exploration of food, memory, and hunger that dissects wellness culture and all its flaws, and considers the true meaning of nourishment within the broken food system we live in. Not holding back from difficult conversations a...
2021-02-2347 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastMeredith Lake, "The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History" (NewSouth, 2020)The bible and Australian society! Meredith Lake's published a new 2020 edition of The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Books, 2020). It's history and sociology and reflections on religion's role on the 'Great Southern Land'. Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that’s been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this cou...
2021-01-271h 10
New Books in Biblical StudiesMeredith Lake, "The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History" (NewSouth, 2020)The bible and Australian society! Meredith Lake's published a new 2020 edition of The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Books, 2020). It's history and sociology and reflections on religion's role on the 'Great Southern Land'. Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that’s been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this cou...
2021-01-271h 08New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesMeredith Lake, "The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History" (NewSouth, 2020)The bible and Australian society! Meredith Lake's published a new 2020 edition of The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Books, 2020). It's history and sociology and reflections on religion's role on the 'Great Southern Land'. Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that’s been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this cou...
2021-01-271h 10
New Books in World ChristianityMeredith Lake, "The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History" (NewSouth, 2020)The bible and Australian society! Meredith Lake's published a new 2020 edition of The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Books, 2020). It's history and sociology and reflections on religion's role on the 'Great Southern Land'. Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that’s been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this cou...
2021-01-271h 08Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastMeredith Lake, "The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History" (NewSouth, 2020)The bible and Australian society! Meredith Lake's published a new 2020 edition of The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Books, 2020). It's history and sociology and reflections on religion's role on the 'Great Southern Land'. Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that’s been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this cou...
2021-01-271h 10
Talking HistoryHysteria: A Memoir of Illness, Strength & Stories Hysteria is both a memoir of author Katerina Bryant's experience of illness and a historical account of four women whose lives have intersected with the idea of 'hysteria'. The book looks at the strength of women who were not seen as themselves but as patients alone. Katerina examined the lives of these women, touched on the South Australian context and spoke to what it means to contextualise herself within this complex history. This public lecture was a part of the History Trust's Talking History series and a special event for Mental Health Week 2020. Katerina Bryant...
2020-12-1845 min
Future SelfFuture Self - Episode 3: Different and proud of itWhether you're starting out in your career, or figuring out what to do with your life, it can help so much to have a mentor. Someone who's been there and worked through it, someone who supports you and tells you you can do it.With this episode, ANU student Lauren Northcote and demographer Dr Liz Allen come to Future Self with an existing friendship and mutual admiration. Each are in a vastly different stage of their lives. Liz shares with Lauren about her background of disadvantage, and how her first child led her to turn h...
2020-12-0236 min
Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.Dr. David Roland: Stroke, trauma and how I rescued my brainIf you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together. BIO:David Roland brings warmth, humour and insight to his work as a writer, presenter and psychologist drawing on lived experience as well as on his professional training. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a BSc (Hons) and gained his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Wollongong with a research focus on performance anxiety in mu...
2020-11-1959 min
The Kill Your Darlings PodcastFirst Book Club: Hysteria (with Katerina Bryant)"My illness is not a metaphor. Any amount of self-reflection in the world will not make it go away."
Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club. For October that debut is Katerina Bryant’s Hysteria, out now from NewSouth Books.
When Katerina suddenly began experiencing chronic non-epileptic seizures, she was plunged into a foreign world of doctors and psychiatrists, who understood her condition as little as she did. Reacting the only way she knew how, she immersed herself in books, reading her way through her own complicated diagn...
2020-10-2140 min
The RapThe abandonment of migrant workers, abolishing prejudiced systems & finding blackness in a white worldNational Co-director of Democracy in Colour, Neha Madhok joined Areej to discuss the recent report released by the Migrant Workers Justice Initiative, As If We Aren’t Human, that detailed the abandonment of temporary migrant workers in Australia during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the recent announcement by the federal government to introduce an English language test prior to being accepted for a partner visa.Areej is also joined by Tharawal and Yorta Yorta woman, activist and lecturer in criminology at Western Sydney University, Robyn Oxley who talked about her recent piece for IndigenousX and The Gu...
2020-10-1452 min
The Kill Your Darlings PodcastFirst Book Club: The F Team (with Rawah Arja)"I love to tell the story of my rejection and put it out there in the world because I know that so many emerging writers are facing the same dilemmas that I was."
Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction with the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club. For September that debut is Rawah Arja's The F Team, out now from Giramondo Publications. The F Team is a rich and funny novel that draws an intimate portrait of Western Sydney families and friendships.
Our October First Book Club title will be Hysteria by Katerina Bryant (NewS...
2020-09-2936 min
Archive Fever15 | Cutlery is DangerousClare and Yves are joined by Associate Professor Michelle Arrow, historian of modern Australia at Sydney’s Macquarie University and author of The Seventies: The Personal, the Political and the Making of Modern Australia (NewSouth Publishing, 2019). Is there a power behind romanticizing the archive, or the cliche of playing archival detective? Michelle explores the rich archival basis of her work on the 1974 Royal Commission on Human Relationships, the transcripts and sensitive submissions locked away in “a bunker in the bush”. The group discusses the Commission taking stock of the impact of second-wave feminism and the ethical implications of working on the hi...
2020-09-2427 min
"Death Match Russell PodCast""Death Match Russell PodCast"! Ep #296 with Indy Pro Wrestling Referee John R. Gray Tune in!Catch Death Match Russell PodCast Thursday Night February 13th at 8pm ET with Indy Pro Wrestling Referee John R Gray Don’t miss it! Like Share Retweet! #GCW #NewSouthProWrestling #JohnRGray #Referee #SupportIndyWrestling #SupportDeathMatchWrestling #PNC #DeathMatchRussellPodCast Follow on social media FB John R. Gray Twitter @refereejohngray FB New South Twitter @NewSouth_PW FB Death Match Russell PodCast Twitter @Davidnj32 Instagram @davidnj36 deathmatchrussellpodcast.com
2020-02-1428 min
Wildlife, Cake & CocktailsWCC Ep.51. Feeding The Birds At My Table Booklaunch with Prof. Darryl JonesWith huge thanks to Avid Reader Bookshop in Brisbane’s West End, we were invited to have a discussion with the amazing Darryl Jones, Professor of Ecology at Griffith University, for the launch of his latest book, “Feeding The Birds At My Table – A Guide For Australia” from NewSouth Publishing. Prof. Darryl Jones is the Deputy Director of Griffith’s Environmental Futures Research Institute, working on understanding human-wildlife interactions. He’s the author of over 170 scientific articles and six books, including The Birds At My Table (2018) and now, the follow-up, Feeding The Birds At My Table (2019). The book is a not only a...
2019-10-181h 06
Alabama History PodcastsEpisode 032 Frazine Taylor, AHA President 2019-20, June 2019AHA President, 2019-20, Frazine Taylor, discusses her plans for the 2019 Pilgrimage to Wetumpka, the 2020 meeting in Florence, her book _Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama_ (NewSouth Books, 2008), and her very interesting life.
2019-06-2612 min
New Books in Latin American StudiesChristina Proenza-Coles, "American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World" (NewSouth Books, 2019)Christina Proenza-Coles' new book American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World (NewSouth Books, 2019) reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the hemisphere from the sixteenth thorough the twentieth centuries. While conventional history tends to reduce the roles of African Americans to antebellum slavery and the civil rights movement, in reality African residents preceded the English by a century and arrived in the Americas in numbers that far...
2019-06-1151 min
I Am Indi, Entertainment ShowMassUnitPodcast The Adult PartyMassUnitPodcast The Adult PartyThe Adult Party NewSouth/Worldmovement Presents The Mass Unit Podcast. It's time to talk SEX. This is a Podcast "For the Grown and Sexy" INDEPENDENT sexually active people,or those Looking for a place to learn. Step up your bedroom game try something new and enjoy life! So If you have something the world needs to hear or see, step up show us what you got! Call in live @ph:347-308-8747 and listen on itunes, iheart, sonos, google music, stitcher, or ask Alexa to play the I am...
2019-05-191h 01
History Talks - HCNSW PodcastsSydney Writers Festival 2019 - HCNSW panel - Presentation by Dr Paul IrishDr Paul Irish speaks about his 2017 book Hidden In Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (NewSouth Publishing), which won the NSW Premier’s History Award for Community and Regional History in 2018.Dr Irish is a historian and archaeologist and director of Coast History & Heritage. For over ten years he has been piecing together the Aboriginal history of coastal Sydney with researchers from the La Perouse Aboriginal community, including the 2015 NSW History Fellowship exhibition This Is Where They Travelled: Historical Aboriginal Lives in Sydney.Send a textSupport the show
2019-05-1107 min
National Library of AustraliaThe Southern Ocean with Joy McCannDr Joy McCann reveals some of the secrets of the Southern Ocean, drawing from sea captains’ journals, explorers’ letters and whalers’ logs as well as her own research into the Antarctic region’s natural and cultural histories.
Discover the Southern Ocean’s intriguing stories and what it can teach us about our past and our future.
Joy's book Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean was published by NewSouth Publishing in 2018 - she will be available to sign copies at the Bookshop after her talk.
2019-02-191h 03Writers & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastSeamus O’Hanlon, "City Life: The New Urban Australia" (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In his new book, City Life: The New Urban Australia (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), Seamus O’Hanlon, an Associate Professor at Monash University, explores the economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes in Australian cities over the last four decades. Globalization, de-industrialization and mass immigration have changed the makeup of major cities like Sydney and Melbourne as well as smaller, regional cities, and in turn, how the nation sees itself.
2018-12-2717 min
New Books in Urban StudiesSeamus O’Hanlon, "City Life: The New Urban Australia" (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In his new book, City Life: The New Urban Australia (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), Seamus O’Hanlon, an Associate Professor at Monash University, explores the economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes in Australian cities over the last four decades. Globalization, de-industrialization and mass immigration have changed the makeup of major cities like Sydney and Melbourne as well as smaller, regional cities, and in turn, how the nation sees itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-12-2715 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesSeamus O’Hanlon, "City Life: The New Urban Australia" (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In his new book, City Life: The New Urban Australia (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), Seamus O’Hanlon, an Associate Professor at Monash University, explores the economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes in Australian cities over the last four decades. Globalization, de-industrialization and mass immigration have changed the makeup of major cities like Sydney and Melbourne as well as smaller, regional cities, and in turn, how the nation sees itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies
2018-12-2717 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesJoy McCann, “Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean” (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In her new book, Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), historian Joy McCann explores the history of the vast Southern Ocean, from icy Antarctica to the southern coastlines of Australia, South America, and South Africa. From the journals of navigators centuries ago to scientific instruments today, the ocean has been more than just a scientific lab or food source, but a place where the environmental and cultural converge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/aus...
2018-09-0724 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastJoy McCann, “Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean” (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In her new book, Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), historian Joy McCann explores the history of the vast Southern Ocean, from icy Antarctica to the southern coastlines of Australia, South America, and South Africa. From the journals of navigators centuries ago to scientific instruments today, the ocean has been more than just a scientific lab or food source, but a place where the environmental and cultural converge.
2018-09-0724 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesMeredith Lake, “The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History” (NewSouth Publishing, 2018)In her new book, The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), historian Meredith Lake explores the various, often surprising ways Australians throughout history have read, utilized, and fought over the Bible. In ways both religious and deeply secular, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in the country’s political, social, and cultural debates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies
2018-08-3119 min
Talking HistoryHidden in Plain SightPaul Irish & Tom Gara presented on 10 August 2017 'Hidden in Plain Sight'. Aboriginal settlements and camps were a feature of Australia's capital cities – and, indeed, other major cities and towns – throughout most of the 19th and 20th centuries. They took many forms from transient camps to more or less permanent settlements, but they have one thing in common; they have been largely forgotten and their existence has been ignored – perhaps even deliberately erased – from local histories. Paul Irish, a Sydney researcher and author of the recently published book 'Hidden in Plain View', examined the origin, history and nature of settlements in Sydney a...
2018-03-2854 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesChristina Twomey, “The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia” (NewSouth Books, 2018)In her new book, The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia (NewSouth Books, 2018), Christina Twomey, Professor of History at Monash University, explores the “battle within,” the individual and collective challenge of rehabilitating Australian prisoners of war in the post-war decades. Using a variety of sources, including memoirs and the archives of the Prisoners of War Trust Fund, Twomey argues that the commemorations of the 1980s and more recent decades were actually a change from the quiet decades of mid century, when the country struggled to address the needs of its returning servicemen. Learn more about your...
2018-03-1317 min
New Books in Policing, Incarceration, and ReformChristina Twomey, “The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia” (NewSouth Books, 2018)In her new book, The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia (NewSouth Books, 2018), Christina Twomey, Professor of History at Monash University, explores the “battle within,” the individual and collective challenge of rehabilitating Australian prisoners of war in the post-war decades. Using a variety of sources, including memoirs and the archives of the Prisoners of War Trust Fund, Twomey argues that the commemorations of the 1980s and more recent decades were actually a change from the quiet decades of mid century, when the country struggled to address the needs of its returning servicemen. Learn more about your...
2018-03-1317 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastChristina Twomey, “The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia” (NewSouth Books, 2018)In her new book, The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia (NewSouth Books, 2018), Christina Twomey, Professor of History at Monash University, explores the “battle within,” the individual and collective challenge of rehabilitating Australian prisoners of war in the post-war decades. Using a variety of sources, including memoirs and the archives of the Prisoners of War Trust Fund, Twomey argues that the commemorations of the 1980s and more recent decades were actually a change from the quiet decades of mid century, when the country struggled to address the needs of its returning servicemen.
2018-03-1317 min
New Books in MusicClinton Walker, “Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women and Australian Music” (NewSouth Books, 2018)In Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women and Australian Music (NewSouth Books, 2018), Australian writer Clinton Walker presents a group biography of the black women who made Australian music. Through his graphic portraits of 100 black women who have shaped Australian music, including Indigenous music, jazz, country, gospel, soul, R&B and hip-hop, Walker explores issues about gender, race and genre in the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music
2018-02-1616 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesClinton Walker, “Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women and Australian Music” (NewSouth Books, 2018)In Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women and Australian Music (NewSouth Books, 2018), Australian writer Clinton Walker presents a group biography of the black women who made Australian music. Through his graphic portraits of 100 black women who have shaped Australian music, including Indigenous music, jazz, country, gospel, soul, R&B and hip-hop, Walker explores issues about gender, race and genre in the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies
2018-02-1616 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesRodney Tiffen, “Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In his new book, Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, explores the historical and recent leadership coups in Australian politics, and the role of media in them. As leadership in Australia has become more precarious in recent years, political instability has taken its toll on the parties and the democratic system more broadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork...
2017-12-2217 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastRodney Tiffen, “Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In his new book, Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, explores the historical and recent leadership coups in Australian politics, and the role of media in them. As leadership in Australia has become more precarious in recent years, political instability has taken its toll on the parties and the democratic system more broadly.
2017-12-2217 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesMandy Sayer, “Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In her new book, Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), award-winning writer Mandy Sayer explores the neglected history of Gypsies, or Romani people, in Australia, from the earliest European settlement until today. Utilizing historical sources and contemporary interviews, Sayer shares the real stories, not stereotypes, of a diverse ethnic group that has found refuge in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies
2017-12-0814 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastMandy Sayer, “Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In her new book, Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), award-winning writer Mandy Sayer explores the neglected history of Gypsies, or Romani people, in Australia, from the earliest European settlement until today. Utilizing historical sources and contemporary interviews, Sayer shares the real stories, not stereotypes, of a diverse ethnic group that has found refuge in Australia.
2017-12-0814 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesPaul Irish, “Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In his new book, Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), historian Paul Irish debunks the myth that local Aboriginal people disappeared from Sydney within decades of the arrival of Europeans in 1788. Instead, Irish argues, Aboriginal Australians adapted and maintained a strong bond with the Sydney and tried to live on their own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies
2017-12-0117 min
New Books in ArchaeologyPaul Irish, “Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In his new book, Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), historian Paul Irish debunks the myth that local Aboriginal people disappeared from Sydney within decades of the arrival of Europeans in 1788. Instead, Irish argues, Aboriginal Australians adapted and maintained a strong bond... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/archaeology
2017-12-0117 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastPaul Irish, “Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney” (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In his new book, Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), historian Paul Irish debunks the myth that local Aboriginal people disappeared from Sydney within decades of the arrival of Europeans in 1788. Instead, Irish argues, Aboriginal Australians adapted and maintained a strong bond with the Sydney and tried to live on their own terms.
2017-12-0117 minNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesJayne Persian, “Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In her new book, Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), Jayne Persian, a Lecturer in History at the University of Southern Queensland, explores the history of mass migration of 170,000 Displaced Persons from postwar Eastern Europe to Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Utilizing archives and interviews with these migrants, Persian tells the story of a people looking for a new life after the horrors of World War II, and the challenges and opportunities they found in Cold War Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2017-11-2418 minWriters & Ideas: A NewSouth Publishing PodcastJayne Persian, “Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (NewSouth Publishing, 2017)In her new book, Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), Jayne Persian, a Lecturer in History at the University of Southern Queensland, explores the history of mass migration of 170,000 Displaced Persons from postwar Eastern Europe to Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Utilizing archives and interviews with these migrants, Persian tells the story of a people looking for a new life after the horrors of World War II, and the challenges and opportunities they found in Cold War Australia.
2017-11-2418 min
The ACRI Podcast8. The White Australia policy, Arthur Calwell & immigration via the China route - with Jayne PersianThe White Australia policy, introduced in 1901, placed severe restrictions on the immigration of non-British and non-white persons. Under Arthur Calwell, Australia’s first Immigration Minister (1945-49) these restrictions were relaxed somewhat, but still remained prohibitive to Asian immigrants. What were the reasons behind the implementation of the White Australia policy? What is Arthur Calwell's legacy, and what role did he play in facilitating the policy's eventual abolition? How did Russians and Russian-speaking Displaced Persons enter Australia via Shanghai – the ‘China route’ – in the post-Second World War period, and how were they received? Why were so few Jewish Displaced Persons accepted for entry...
2017-09-2125 min
ErgasiaEpisode 2 - The Theology of WorkIn this episode we will explore the necessity for the Church to develop a systematic theology of work, using as our lens an encounter between Jesus and a crippled woman as told in The Gospel According to Luke.
References
Bloomquist, Karen L. The Dream Betrayed: Religious Challenge of the Working Class. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1990.
Dunlop, Tim Why The Future Is Workless. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
Volf, Miroslav Work In The Spirit: Toward A Theology of Work. Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001.
2017-05-0524 min
FreeLunch PodcastFreeLunch Podcast Has Moved to a New Location "New South Movement Network"The FreeLunch Podcast is a member of the New South Movement Network and has moved to that Channel. We will no longer upload FreeLunch Podcast interviews here. Please search for "New South Movement Network" on your iTunes Podcast App or Sound Cloud.
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2016-02-1102 min
FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 78: Finding Your Path -The Nick Lore EpisodeBest-selling author and Founder of The Rockport Institute, Nick Lore, joins the FreeLunch Podcast to discuss his latest book, The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success. In this episode, Nick drops jewels from the book that give direction on how to switch from a dreaded job to a career that speaks to your internal passion. He also talks about the work that he and the folks at the Rockport Institute are doing to help people find the careers of their dreams.
2016-01-281h 06FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 77: To See A Hawk Fly - The Shannon Cook EpisodeIt's hard to imagine losing a parent, but try understanding losing two in one lifetime. In a continuation from the "Man Made" episode, this week's guest Shannon "Hawk" Cook shares her reflections of starting life in the foster system, losing her adopted mom at a crucial period in her life, and the struggle to pull all of the pieces together.
2016-01-2148 minFreeLunch PodcastEpisode 76: Bring Da Noise - The Deontay Wilder EpisodeTight and BG check in with the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Deontay Wilder and his team, as they prepare for his title defense in NYC against Artur Spzilka on January 16, 2015.
2016-01-1433 minFreeLunch PodcastEpisode 75: Call It Utopia - The Nikki Giovanni EpisodeThis week the Award-winning Poet, Author, Activist, Nikki Giovanni, drops by to talk about her upbringing, current events, and her new book, Chasing Utopia. She also discusses her friendship with boxer Muhammad Ali, her sentiments on the consistent occurrences of killings by police, and her opinion of Barack Obama's presidency.
2016-01-0750 minFreeLunch PodcastEpisode 74: A Loaded Gun - The Headkrack EpisodeHe's the man behind the freestyles, a member of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Headkrack puts his love for the culture on display with the "Flow & Go" freestyle segment with DaBrat and his introduction of some of the games coldest MCs. But if you look closer you will see a Triple Threat, from Radio to TV to rocking the stage with his Bodega brethren, the boy is 4.5.6. for sure. He is Headkrack.
2015-12-311h 18FreeLunch Podcast2015 Holiday Show: Year In ReviewIn the last episode of 2015, Tight and BG reflect on special moments from the Freelunch Podcast. The year has been nothing short of amazing, featuring some big name interviews, the launch of the New South Movement Podcast Network and the introduction of a few new talents.This year was a small glimpse into the things to come, so tune in and hear the madness behind the movement.
2015-12-241h 19FreeLunch Podcast(Rewind) Episode 54: Man MadeReginald Cook (@reggibabi) drops by to tell us his story about growing up as a foster child, losing a losing his mother to cancer, and how family ties helped him overcome the odds to become a loving husband, father, and brother. Real life story.
2015-12-101h 22FreeLunch Podcast(Rewind) Episode 10: Let The Church Say...Historically, the church has been the centerpiece of communities. It has been the place where individual souls have gone for restoration, as well as the focus point for social movements. However, in recent times, it appears that the church's role in the community has become less defined than ever before. So in this episode, the FreeLunch guys offer their opinions on whether today's church is building the people up or letting them down.
2015-12-0354 minFreeLunch Podcast(Rewind) Episode 20: Dating A Professional WomanIt's safe to say, that for the most part, men are drawn to women leading purpose-filled lives, as seen in their dreams, aspirations, and goals. It can also be said that a large majority of men want to be with a woman who is holding her own professionally and economically. BUT, many men are finding out that dating a career-driven woman can have its share of challenges, as observed in common complaints like, "she never has time to do anything", "she brings all of her work issues home", and "she bosses me around like I'm an employee". What is a...
2015-11-2647 min
2015-11-241h 25FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 73: Fly Times - The Willie The Kid EpisodeWillie The Kid gives his timeline of coming to Atlanta from Grand Rapids, linking up with The Affiliates, Don Cannon and DJ Drama, and staying true to the art form we call, Hip-Hop. We also feature a few joints from his latest release, The Fly 3.
2015-11-191h 35FreeLunch PodcastSometimes You Gotta Punch A Bully In The Mouth (Week 12)The College football season is winding down, but D1 is heating up. Tight addresses being bullied, Coach reflects on this year's high school football, and Joey pops in to give some high level football analysis. This is sports entertainment at its finest.
2015-11-171h 09FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 72: Looking For The Perfect ShotPhoto Journalist Mike Tartt comes to the FreeLunch Podcast to talk about his experiences as a member of the media. In this episode, Mike shares some of his stories about famous personalities, covering some of the most memorable sporting events, and how journalism has changed over the last 10 years.
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FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 71: Live Beautiful NowCarmen Martinez and Lora Rosemon join us to talk about their non-profit organization LIVE BEAUTIFUL NOW, which was inspired by the memory of their sister and friend, Latrece Bell, and her struggle with Bipolar Disorder. LIVE BEAUTIFUL NOW was founded to "Break the Barriers on Bipolar Disorder" for women in Houston, Texas and their supporters.
2015-11-0554 min
2015-11-0356 minFreeLunch PodcastEpisode 70: Survivor's GraceIn acknowledgement of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The FreeLunch Podcast pauses to honor the loved ones and the many familes affected by breast cancer. In this episode, we highlight a very special guest with a powerful testimony of her own...Tight's mother. Welcome Mrs. Mary
2015-10-291h 06FreeLunch PodcastDon't Put Your Hands On Me (Week 8)In addition to the Little League Coach's Tip of the Week, Shout-outs and Disappointments, and the weekly picks...the team is also joined by a special guest who originated the phrase "Don't Put Your Hands on Me". This is a must listen!
2015-10-271h 05FreeLunch PodcastEpisode 69: Fugitive Days - The Bill Ayers EpisodeDuring the late 1960s into the 70s, the Weather Underground organization was labeled by many as a Domestic terrorist group in the U.S., largely in part to its role in numerous bombings, riots, and jailbreaks. Founded by long time social activist/revolutionary, Bill Ayers, the organization was in strong opposition to the Vietnam war, but was in heavy support of the Black Freedom Movement. However it was the tactics used to get the attention of the U.S. power structure that ultimately led to Bill and other members becoming targets for the FBI. But, today he comes to set th...
2015-10-221h 27
NewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionThree Criticisms Leveled at Huck FinnDr. Alan Gribben analyzes the three major objections raised by critics in regards to Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and gives teachers some advice concerning the teaching of the novel. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2206 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionTom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Companion WorksDr. Alan Gribben discusses why Mark Twain wanted the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be read as companion pieces. His newly released NewSouth Edition combines the two works into one volume for easy classroom use. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2205 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionWhy Huck Finn is Banned From SchoolsMark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are often banned from school reading lists due to the racial epithets that the characters employ. Dr. Alan Gribben discusses his new edition of the works, which substitutes those epithets with other phrases. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2203 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionHow the "N-Word" Affects Readership of Modern AudiencesDr. Alan Gribben considers Mark Twain's use of the "n-word" in Huckleberry Finn versus Twain's lack of the same words in his own speech, and how that informed Gribben's new volume Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2202 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionHow "Slave" Maintains Twain's MessageDr. Alan Gribben discusses why replacing the "n-word" with the word "slave" in Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition preserves Twain's lessons about racism and slavery while widening the book's classroom audience. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionWhat Huck Finn Offers Beyond the N-WordIf schools continue to ban the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn due to modern-day reactions to the characters' use of racial epithets, valuable lessons will be lost. Dr. Alan Gribben expands on this point in relation to his new volume of Twain's classics. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionWhy Mark Twain Used Racial Epithets in His BooksMark Twain had specific reasons for using racial epithets in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Dr. Alan Gribben explains these reasons in regards to the NewSouth Edition of the works. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionTeaching Advantages of Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionMark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition offers teachers numerous advantages, including the ability to delve deeper in to the novels without the difficulties often encountered in classrooms by the use of the racial epithets. Volume editor Dr. Alan Gribben explains. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionEliminating the Controversy, Preserving Twain's MessagesDr. Alan Gribben affirms how Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition preserves Twain's intended messages in the books even with substitutions for the racial epithets. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 minNewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth EditionAbout Mark Twain and the N-Word DebateDr. Alan Gribben, editor of Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition, gives an overview of the debate regarding the use of the "n-word" in Twain's works. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
2011-06-2201 min